Fraser ignites Tignish Aces’ offence against Summerside Crunch

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Published: Feb 10 at 10:10 a.m.

Updated: Feb 10 at 12:06 p.m.

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Tignish opens playoffs at home Tuesday

TIGNISH, P.E.I. —

The Tignish Perry’s Construction Aces are going into the Razzy's P.E.I. Junior C Hockey League playoffs on a winning note.
The Aces, led by Curklan Fraser’s five goals, closed out the regular season with a 10-7 win over the Summerside Cover-All Construction Crunch on Friday. The Aces were awarded a 1-0 victory on Saturday night after the North River Flames forfeited their scheduled game in Cornwall.
The Aces, who finished the regular season in second place at 20-6-0 (won-lost-overtime losses), will have home-ice advantage against the third-place Flames (8-15-3) in one of two best-of-seven semifinal series. The Aces will host Game 1 in Tignish on Tuesday at 8:20 p.m. Game 2 is at the APM Centre in Cornwall on Saturday at 7:50 p.m.
The other playoff matchup between the first-place Sherwood-Parkdale Metros (21-3-2) and fourth-place Summerside (8-18-0) opens Monday at the Cody Banks Arena in Charlottetown. The opening faceoff is 7:20 p.m., with Game 2 at The Plex in Slemon Park on Friday at 7:30 p.m.